Hancock County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Hancock County by 47.5 points, out of 4,633 votes for president.

Hancock County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

Kentucky 2024

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump Republican Party	3,375	72.8%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	1,173	25.3%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	54	1.2%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	21	0.5%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	9	0.2%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	1	0.0%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	0	0.0%
James D. SODERNA / Matthew J. TREWHELLA (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jay J. BOWMAN / De BOWMAN (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Joseph KISHORE / Jerry WHITE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
John CHENG / Wayne WALIGORSKI (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Billy KELLEY JR. / Jason HOLDEMAN (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Cherunda FOX / Harlan McVAY JR. (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Andre Ramon McNEIL SR. / Roschelle McNEIL (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Future Madam POTUS / Jessica KENNEDY (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	4,633

Hancock County was R+47.5 against R+30.5 statewide, 17.0 points more Republican than the state.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2024 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-7 of 120)

2020

Kentucky 2020

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump Republican Party	3,145	68.6%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	1,351	29.5%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	67	1.5%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	14	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	10	0.2%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jade SIMMONS / Claudeliah J. ROZE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Andy PRIOR (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Shawn HOWARD / Alyssa HOWARD (Write-In)	0	0.0%
President R19 BODDIE / Eric C. STONEHAM (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Kasey WELLS / Rachel WELLS (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Timothy Allen STEVENS / Susan Congleton FLETCHER (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Mary Ruth Caro SIMMONS / Sherri DOW (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	4,587

Hancock County was R+39.1 against R+25.9 statewide, 13.2 points more Republican than the state.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2020 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-6 of 95)

2016

Kentucky 2016

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump	2,788	64.9%
Hillary Clinton	1,244	29.0%
Gary Johnson WELD	129	3.0%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	87	2.0%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	44	1.0%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	2	0.0%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	1	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	0	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	0	0.0%
Denny Carroll JACKSON / Michelle Faye HICKS	0	0.0%
Irving D. SMITH / Craig ELLIS	0	0.0%
Timothy Allen STEVENS / John Paul MABRY JR.	0	0.0%
Mike SMITH / Daniel WHITE	0	0.0%
Laurence KOTLIKOFF / Edward LEAMER	0	0.0%
Scott CUBBLER / Michael RODRIGUEZ	0	0.0%
Richard Turner LUESING JR. / Paul Dudley BOWLING III	0	0.0%
Dave MARSHALL / Ben HARTNELL	0	0.0%
David PERRY / Eric "Rick" SEILEY	0	0.0%
Jerry WHITE / Niles NIEMUTH	0	0.0%
Joseph MALDONADO / Douglas TERRANOVA	0	0.0%
Marshall SCHOENKE / James MITCHELL JR.	0	0.0%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	0	0.0%
David L. KNIGHT / Santa Roy A. CLARK	0	0.0%
Sheila "Samm" TITTLE / R. Charles CASPER-KACPROWICZ	0	0.0%
Cherunda FOX / Roger KUSHNER	0	0.0%
William Martin LING / Robert E. LING	0	0.0%
Daniel Paul ZUTLER / Valerie M. MICHAELS	0	0.0%
Anthony J. VALDIVIA / Aaron BARRIERE	0	0.0%
Total	4,295

Hancock County was R+35.9 against R+29.8 statewide, 6.1 points more Republican than the state.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2016 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-5 of 64); the 29 ticket headers are printed vertically

2012

Kentucky 2012

Ticket	Votes	Share
Mitt Romney RYAN	2,212	53.5%
Barack Obama	1,833	44.3%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	44	1.1%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	31	0.7%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	13	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	1	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	0	0.0%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	0	0.0%
Jerry WHITE / Phyllis SCHERRER	0	0.0%
Stephen DURHAM / Christina LOPEZ	0	0.0%
Louis Todd HOUSE / Suzanne D. HOUSE	0	0.0%
Dennis KNILL / David GILDER	0	0.0%
Barbara Ann PROKOPICH / Allen R. FARNHAM	0	0.0%
Erin Kent MAGEE / William Thomas HARNEY	0	0.0%
Keith JUDD / Dorne SMITH	0	0.0%
Total	4,134

Hancock County was R+9.2 against R+22.7 statewide, 13.5 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Secretary of State, Official 2012 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-6 of 83; the PDF is encrypted against text extraction, a decrypted copy under state_pdfs/2012/_pages/ was read)

2008

Kentucky 2008

Ticket	Votes	Share
Barack Obama DEM	2,135	51.5%
John McCain REP	1,928	46.5%
All other candidates	81	2.0%
Total	4,144

Hancock County was D+5.0 against R+16.2 statewide, 21.2 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2004

Kentucky 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	2,286	56.7%
John Kerry DEM	1,709	42.4%
All other candidates	34	0.8%
Total	4,029

Hancock County was R+14.3 against R+19.9 statewide, 5.6 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2000

Kentucky 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	2,032	56.3%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	1,508	41.8%
All other candidates	70	1.9%
Total	3,610

Hancock County was R+14.5 against R+15.1 statewide, 0.6 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

Questions and answers

Who won Hancock County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Hancock County by 47.5 points, out of 4,633 votes counted for president.

Is Hancock County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 47.5 points; 2020: Republican by 39.1 points; 2016: Republican by 35.9 points; 2012: Republican by 9.2 points; 2008: Democratic by 5.0 points; 2004: Republican by 14.3 points; 2000: Republican by 14.5 points.

How does Hancock County vote compared with the rest of Kentucky?

In 2024 it was 17.0 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 47.5 points against Republican by 30.5 points statewide).

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data